Dynamic duo seek to make impact on middle England

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TWO PRECOCIOUSLY talented young batsmen against the best team in the world, a team dominant for more than a decade; the scene set for a glorious summer. That was the summer of 1991, as England gave Graeme Hick and Mark Ramprakash their Test debuts against a still mighty West Indies.

It was the last time England paired two greenhorns, of whom so much was expected, in the middle order. Hick, 25, and Ramprakash, 21 were at three and five rather than four and five. After four torturous Tests Hick was dropped; Ramprakash lasted two more. The only good news was